Five Dynasties · Official

Xiao Yi 蕭益

Attested AD 942

Passages: 1
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Xiao Yi was an official.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 942 十五年
Strongly inferred · New History of the Five Dynasties 65, passages 90, 98

Career and standing

Palace Secretariat Commissioner 崇文使
Held
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 65, passage 98

Works and attributed material

warned against making younger son heir
Speech · Speaker
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 65, passage 98

References in the histories

New History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 65Volume 65: Hereditary House of Southern Han · 1 passage

議已定，崇文使蕭益入問疾，龑以告之，益諫曰：「少者得立，長者爭之，禍始此矣！」 When the plan was settled, Palace Secretariat Commissioner Xiao Yi came in to inquire after his health. Yan told him, and Yi remonstrated, "When the younger is made heir, the elder will contend — disaster begins here!"